2095. After long months of travel, the gigantic colony ship Goddard has at last made orbit around Saturn, carrying a population of more than ten thousand dissidents and visionaries seeking a new life. Among Goddards missions is the study of Saturns moon Titan, which offers the possibility that life may exist amid its windswept islands and chill black seas. When the exploration vessel Titan Alpha mysteriously fails after reaching the moons surface, long-buried tensions surface among the colonists. Eduoard Urbain, the missions chief scientist, is wracked with despair as he sees his lifes work unravel. Malcolm Eberly, Goddards chief administrator, takes ruthless measures to hold onto power as a rash of suspicious incidents undermine him. Holly Lane, the colonys HR director, must confront the stations leaders to protect the lives of its people. And retired astronaut Manuel Gaeta is forced to risk his life in a last, desperate attempt to salvage the lost probe. With Titan, Ben Bova takes readers to one of the most intriguing destinations in near space: the extraordinary moon of Saturn which made international headlines last year when the Huygens probe sent back remarkable images of its strange landscapes.